I did a search and it seems softwood cuttings are better...what UC Davis sent me is hardwood cuttings, so please don't say green cuttings are easier :)

What method have you used to root A. deliciosa, and A. arguta.?

Any advice is welcomed.

Thank you.

I've rooted green a. arguta cuttings with success, and know folk who root dormant material. With dormant wood I'd recommend trying some IBA based rooting hormone, don't bury too deep, one node under the soil surface should be fine.  Good luck and let us know how it turns out for you!

Unfortunately Don,  hardened off greenwood cuttings are 100% easier... at least for arguta varieties. I haven't rooted fuzzy kiwis.

What I do is first wax the ends then score the lower portion and apply liquid rooting hormone. I put them in cups with a high perlite concentration mix that is well drained. I keep them in a clear plastic tote in a warm location. Similar to fig cuttings but these need a boost with hormone.

I've also had some luck putting cuttings in cups of water that gets changed every few days. The cuttings will push out new growth and once that growth is 4 or 5 inches I pinch off the end and remove all but 2 leaves and cut those leaves in half. After a few weeks which allows it to harden off a bit I cut off the new growth leaving it still attached to the hardwood so I end up with an inch of the hardwood with the new greenwood growth attached. Then you can pot that up in a moist mix in humidity chamber.

Best of luck with it!

Tyler

PS on a side note if anyone has any female varieties of Actinidia Chinensis kiwi (gold kiwi.. zespri gold type) I would be interested in a trade :)   I have a male chinensis I grew from seed that blossoms in my greenhouse every year but lost the other seedlings so starting from scratch to find a female plant. Unfortunately they don't sell them in Canada as they aren't supposed to grow here lol.

I got 4 varieties this winter from dormant hardwood. About 1/8" x 6" cuttings. Just stuck them in moist coir with the fig cuttings. They rooted so well I cut them in half to only 3" and potted them up. I don't think it gets easier than that.

Aaron, if you are talking those cutting you got from me, they were actinidia kolomikta, which supposedly root easier from dormant wood than a. arguta.
Great that you had quick success!